User Guide

Troubleshooting
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Chapter 9. Troubleshooting
9.1 Recovering Apricorn EZ Gig II
If Apricorn EZ Gig II ceases running or produces errors, its files might be corrupted.
To fix it, you will have to recover the program. To do this, run the installer again. It
will detect Apricorn EZ Gig II on your PC and will ask you if you want to recover
(update) or remove it.
Click Recover and click Proceed.
9.1 Frequently asked questions
How do I use Apricorn EZ Gig II on a Linux-based PC?
Apricorn EZ Gig II supports the most popular Linux file systems, including Ext2, Ext3
and ReiserFS.
Apricorn EZ Gig II can be run from a special bootable diskette or CD independently
of operating system installed.
Having been run this way, it allows you to perform any disk (partition) image
creation or restoration operations on a Linux-based PC.
What storage devices does Apricorn EZ Gig II support for keeping
backups?
Partition backups can be created on hard disks, and other storage devices
supported by Windows 98/Ме/NT 4/ 2000/XP.
What is the purpose of specifying image file size?
The PC hard disk is the fastest and most effective storage device. It can write a disk
(partition) image considerably faster than any other device, such as a CD-R(RW).
Having specified image volume size equal to 600–650Mb, you can quickly create
image files on your hard disk that you can burn to CD-R(RW) media afterwards.
This allows you to do the entire task much more quickly.
What devices can a system partition be restored from if Apricorn EZ Gig II
is loaded from its bootable diskette or CD?
Apricorn EZ Gig II supports any connected hard disks as well as a wide variety of
IDE, SCSI, FireWire (IEEE-1394), USB (1.0, 1.1, 2.0) and PC card (PCMCIA)
interfaces and devices, including CD-ROM, CD-R(RW), magneto-optical drives,
Iomega Zip and Jaz.